Chimpanzees' context-dependent tool use provides evidence for separable representations of hand and tool even during active use within peripersonal space

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 243-247

  Povinelli, Daniel J ^a,b   Reaux, James E ^a   Frey, Scott H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body schema; Chimpanzees; Comparative cognition; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; HAND; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERSONAL SPACE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; TOUCH;

EID: 71549148699     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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